Fire alarm at elementary school was a fire drill, Scranton PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm at McNichols Plaza Elementary School was caused by a fire drill. The alarm company initially could not cancel the alarm until the passcode was confirmed. The on-site keyholder confirmed the drill, and the alarm was canceled. Fire units continued to investigate.
Audio|Heard on: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties Fire / EMS
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
921, phone-to-automatic fire alarm, near S Irving Ave, 1st floor.
00:15
Com center, card 21, SIRS responding.
00:19
Acknowledged, car 21 will show you on the way at 12:51, this is McNichols Plaza Elementary School from the fire Simplex system.
00:27
Acknowledged, thank you.
00:33
...and units on the way.
00:36
Acknowledged.
00:37
And center calling car 21.
00:40
21, stand-by.
00:44
Okay, just advise me, it looks like the alarm company spoke to a keyholder, the name of (name withheld) on site.
00:50
He said they were doing a fire drill, but forgot to notify us.
00:54
The alarm company's policy is that they can't cancel; they told me to update you.
00:59
We didn't receive any proper passcode or anything, did we?
01:09
It just came in now that they did receive passcode properly.
01:14
Acknowledged. Cancel the box.
01:16
Have engine 2 continue the investigation. You can put 21 back in service.
01:20
Acknowledged. I'll cancel the box.
01:24
Engine 2 will continue the investigation at 12 o'clock.
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Location mentioned:
S Irving Ave, Scranton, PA 18505
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